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The 2017 NBA All-Star Game will no longer take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski. League commissioner Adam Silver had been threatening relocation since North Carolina passed an anti-LGBT bill on March 23.

The issue is centered on North Carolina’s House Bill 2, a law that mandates transgender people use public restrooms corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificates. The law also omits LGBT people from North Carolina’s anti-discrimination protections, forbids local governments from widening LGBT protections and excludes all forms of workplace discrimination lawsuits from North Carolina state courts.

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan had been counting on All-Star Weekend as a signature event for his franchise, and the economic impact of losing the All-Star Game for the franchise and region promises to be dramatic.

To learn more about House Bill 2 (HB2), read this collaborative piece by Michael Gordon, Mark Price, and Katie Peralta of the Charlotte Observer. The NBA will now look once more to New Orleans, the site of the 2008 and 2014 NBA All-Star games.

The NBA’s concerns over House Bill 2, known variously as “HB2” or the “bathroom law,” have yet to be addressed satisfactorily by North Carolina legislators. It became an issue for the league last spring when LGBT protests framed it as discriminatory, among its provisions, in preventing people from using public restrooms and locker rooms based on self-defined gender identity.

Adopted statewide to counter a specific bathroom-neutral policy enacted in Charlotte, HB2 requires people to use public facilities corresponding to their biological gender. Its supporters have cited privacy and safety reasons for favoring the law.

Silver repeatedly has cited “diversity and inclusion” as core principles of the NBA, values make staging the 2017 All-Star Game and all the festivities surrounding it “problematic.” Attempts to work behind the scenes with politicians and business leaders in North Carolina have not been fruitful and a recent short session of the state legislature only produced only minor revisions in language, insufficient to satisfy the NBA.

Rick Buchanan, NBA general counsel, updated the board on the situation and the Hornets spoke as well, Silver said. No vote was asked for or taken. But in keeping with Silver’s statement last month that he didn’t see the league “getting past the summer without knowing definitely where we stand,” each passing day without compromise add urgency to the matter.

The Portland Trail Blazers traveled to Oakland tonight to face the Golden State Warriors in the direst of must-win situations: down 3-1 and needing a victory to force Game 6 at home. They didn’t get it, but they settled for the consolation prize of a hard-fought defeat, acknowledged by all who saw it as the best effort imaginable. The mileage on that may vary. A 4-1 series loss is still a loss. But Blazers fans can be assured that their team gave the Warriors everything they could handle up until the final moments of the game and the series. Golden State’s execution ended up outstripping the Blazers but their hearts never did.

Game Flow

The Warriors started out this game with a couple priorities: getting Klay Thompson into scoring mode and making sure the Blazers had to deal with plenty of screens as they did so. Both plans worked. Thompson ended up scoring a couple quick buckets on his way to an incredible night. (He would finish the game with 33 points on 13-17 shooting.) The Blazers had trouble getting around screens to get to him so they ended up switching to stem the flow. Remember this. It worked in the first period but would come back to haunt the Blazers later.

With Thompson’s early burst subsiding and no Warriors stepping up to fill the gap, Portland’s offense started to tell. Damian Lillard hit a couple of threes in the period as did Maurice Harkless, the latter kicking off a huge night for Portland’s supporting cast. The Warriors made a late-quarter run to squeeze 27 points from their formerly-stalling offense but the Blazers topped them with 30 for a 3-point lead after one.

Portland’s second unit continued their super-excellent streak in the second quarter. Their defense, bolstered by Allen Crabbe patrolling the perimeter, was superb. Shaun Livingston scored inside via superior height but otherwise the Warriors bench had trouble getting anything going. Meanwhile Crabbe and Al-Farouq Aminu poured in threes while CJ McCollum struck from mid-range. A rare bench-inspired 10-0 run set up the Blazers to withstand Thompson returning to life, cashing in a trio of three-pointers on his way to 13 points in the period. Lilllard countered with free throws and a couple more shots to bring his first-half scoring total to 19. When the dust cleared, Portland led 63-58. The 5-point edge wasn’t a huge comfort but Portland being on track for 120 and Lillard for 40 were both hallmarks of victory over Golden State. There was hope.

The Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Golden State Warriors 132-125 in Game 4 of their best-of-seven playoff series tonight. Defeat left them behind 3-1 with their hopes of victory dimming. The good news for Portland: despite the loss, they took the champs to overtime. The bad news: they led by 14 in the first period and held the advantage most of the game before succumbing to a tie score at the end of regulation. The game was in their grasp and they couldn’t hold it.

The worse news: Stephen Curry. He’s back.

Like 40 points, new-NBA-overtime-record back.

Curry changed everything in this game. Portland came into the extra period armed with their copy of Robert’s Rules of Order, ready for a strident debate. The Warriors brought a bazooka. When the smoke cleared Curry had scored a record 17 points in OT, bringing his team an incredible victory. Portland walked off the floor knowing every footstep was carrying them towards the end of this series.

Unless you’ve been living under six tons of whipped cream in a soundproof cave underneath the world’s biggest rock, you’re already familiar with the stunning turn of events in the first-round playoff series between the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers.

1.The Blazers beat the Clippers on Monday night to even the series at 2-2. This was Portland’s best…night…ever. Or at least for this season.

2. The Clippers lost Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to season-ending injuries on the same night. This will not make the list of Top Million Moments in their lives.

When this series began the Blazers were peeking under the crack of the door, seeing victory’s light spilling out and wondering how they could finagle their way to it. Now that door stands wide open. The Clippers sit slumped in the corner, wounded and seemingly unable to stop the Blazers from coming in. This is Portland’s time.

If the Blazers plan to seize the opportunity, Game 5 is critically important. It may be the most important game Portland has played since the year 2000. (Yes, that includes Game 6 versus Houston in 2014.)

If the Blazers win Game 5, a broken and beaten Clippers team walks into the Moda Center Friday night with no reasonable expectation of success. They’d have won 0 road games in this series, 0 games without their two stars. If by some miracle they did manage to win in Portland–a miracle is exactly what it would take–they’d need a second straight victory to seal the deal. Meanwhile the Blazers would already have set the precedent of winning in L.A.. Portland would have experienced everything the depleted L.A. lineup could bring twice over and would be prepared for it. Homecourt advantage or no, Game 7 would be no better than a toss-up for the Clippers.Continue reading “…И снова — мимо…” →

Lillard had wanted to coordinate the timing of a meeting before leaving town, but Aldridge, understandably, was slow to respond. He had a second meeting with the Lakers to focus on that night, then a meeting with the Miami Heat and team president Pat Riley. There were extensive text messages shared between Aldridge and Lillard in what constituted a modern-day conversation, and the message was made quite clear by the time Friday night rolled around: whether the Spurs or the Phoenix Suns, Lillard was convinced Aldridge was gone.

None of which is to say Aldridge made a bad choice; in fact, going to the Spurs is a tremendous choice. This combination of top-tier talent both young (Leonard, Aldridge, Danny Green) and old (Duncan, Tony Parker and perhaps Manu Ginobili) is as tantalizing as any we’ve seen, and the Golden State Warriors surely know their title defense just got a whole lot harder.

But the way in which Aldridge left Portland was unfortunate for all involved, and mostly because the loyal fans who welcomed him as a 20-year-old in 2006 were told one thing and forced to endure another. This came from Aldridge less than a year ago when he had played his second season with Lillard and made the decision not to sign an extension.

“I’m happy to stay, happy to be here, happy with the direction the team has gone the last year or two,” Aldridge told The Oregonian on July 8, 2014. “This has no impact on my interest in staying in Portland. I just want to get a five-year deal. I feel like that’s the best decision on my part.

“I don’t want it to be perceived that I’m not happy or I’m not staying on because I’m not signing a three-year deal … It’s just financially smarter to wait … and I’m looking forward to signing the five-year deal when the chance comes.”

Aldridge, second in franchise history in points, first in rebounds, and fourth in games played, later added, “I want to be the best Blazer – ever.”

Clyde Drexler’s status is safe, though. Aldridge blazed a different trail and left a complicated and confusing legacy behind.